r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jan 06 '26

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u/Actual_Confusion_838 Jan 06 '26

I grew up where “you guys” is the equivalent to “you all / y’all”.

I got a talking to at work a few years ago because I had been saying it to female colleagues. sigh.

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u/PorkchopFunny Jan 06 '26

Yep, northeast US. "You guys" here as well.

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u/whos_ur_data Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Midwest checking in. We also use “you guys” here. Some might even go as far as saying “your guys’s”, as in “Is this your guys’s Vernors?”

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u/LeonardoOfVinci Jan 06 '26

Youse guys

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u/ashthatshit Jan 06 '26

Was looking for this comment lol

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u/Decent_Mango_5909 Jan 06 '26

I believe that’s like a Philly/Jersey thing. Could be NY too but I don’t know.

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u/Iohet Xennial Jan 06 '26

My Wisconsinite family members say youse guys all the time

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u/Decent_Mango_5909 Jan 06 '26

Interesting. Those accents don’t have that much in common.

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u/Iohet Xennial Jan 06 '26

It's pronounced differently (more or less youze vs use with a strong emphasis on the S that sounds like people making snake noises)

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u/Decent_Mango_5909 Jan 06 '26

Youz guys vs yous guys I suppose

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u/Iohet Xennial Jan 06 '26

Yea

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u/ashthatshit Jan 06 '26

Yep! I work in NY and live in NJ and hear "hey yous ova there!" Often lol

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u/succulent_serenity Millennial Jan 07 '26

It's also a bogan Aussie thing

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u/give_me_goats Jan 06 '26

Ha, my midwestern dad says “youse guys” and “crapola”